Verses 1–2
Psa 124:1-8. The writer, for the Church, praises God for past, and expresses trust for future, deliverance from foes.
1-2. on our side--for us (Psa 56:9).
now--or, "oh! let Israel"
Verse 3
3. Then--that is, the time of our danger.
quick--literally, "living" (Nu 16:32, 33), description of ferocity.
Verses 4–5
Verses 6–7
6-7. The figure is changed to that of a rapacious wild beast (Psa 3:7), and then of a fowler (Psa 91:3), and complete escape is denoted by breaking the net.
Verse 8
8. (Compare Psa 121:2).
name--in the usual sense (Psa 5:11; 20:1). He thus places over against the great danger the omnipotent God, and drowns, as it were in an anthem, the wickedness of the whole world and of hell, just as a great fire consumes a little drop of water [Luther].